05256oam 2200709I 450 991046477860332120200520144314.01-315-84431-11-317-89450-210.4324/9781315844312 (CKB)3710000000185988(EBL)1733929(SSID)ssj0001375179(PQKBManifestationID)11770276(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001375179(PQKBWorkID)11332528(PQKB)11274983(MiAaPQ)EBC1733929(Au-PeEL)EBL1733929(CaPaEBR)ebr10895930(CaONFJC)MIL628261(OCoLC)884014671(OCoLC)897463893(EXLCZ)99371000000018598820180706e20131997 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrReconstructing Quaternary environments /J.J. Lowe, M.J.C. WalkerSecond edition.London ;New York :Routledge,2013.1 online resource (469 p.)Second edition 1997 by Pearson Education Limited.1-138-17392-4 0-582-10166-2 Includes bibliographical references and index.Cover ; Half Title; Dedication; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; Preface to the first edition; Preface to the second edition; Acknowledgements; Chapter 1 The Quaternary record; 1.1 Introduction; 1.2 The character of the Quaternary; 1.3 The duration of the Quaternary; 1.4 The development of Quaternry studies; 1.4.1 Historical developments; 1.4.2 Recent developments; 1.5 The framework of the Quaternary; 1.6 The causes of climatic change; 1.7 The scope of this book; Notes; Chapter 2 Geomorphological evidence; 2.1 Introduction; 2.2 Methods; 2.2.1 Field methods; 2.2.2 Remote sensing2.3 Glacial landforms2.3.1 Extent of ice cover; 2.3.2 Geomorphological evidence and the extent of ice sheets and glaciers during the last cold stage; 2.3.3 Direction of ice movement; 2.3.4 Reconstruction of former ice masses; 2.3.5 Palaeotemperature estimates from glacial geomorphological evidence; 2.4 Periglacial landforms; 2.4.1 Palaeoclimatic inferences based on periglacial landforms; 2.5 Sea-level change; 2.5.1 Relative and 'absolute' sea-level changes; 2.5.2 Eustatic changes in sea level; 2.5.3 Tectonic influences; 2.5.4 Shoreline sequences in areas affected by glacio-isostasy2.5.5 Palaeoenvironmental significance of sea-level changes2.6 River terraces; 2.6.1 Origins of river terraces; 2.6.2 River terraces and palaeoenvironments; 2.6.3 The terraces of the River Thames; 2.7 Quaternary landforms in low latitudes; 2.7.1 Pluvial lakes; 2.7.2 Dunefields; 2.7.3 Fluvial landforms; 2.7.4 Weathering crusts; 2.8 Conclusions; Notes; Chapter 3 Lithological evidence; 3.1 Introduction; 3.2 Field and laboratory methods; 3.2.1 Sediment sections; 3.2.2 Coring; 3.2.3 Laboratory methods; 3.3 Glacial sediments; 3.3.1 Introduction; 3.3.2 The nature of glacial sediments3.3.3 The classification of tills3.3.4 The influence of the thermal régime of glacier ice; 3.3.5 Analysis of glacigenic sequences; 3.3.6 Ice-directional indicators; 3.4 Periglacial sediments; 3.4.1 Introduction; 3.4.2 Structures associated with permafrost; 3.4.3 Palaeoclimatic significance of periglacial structures; 3.5 Palaeosols; 3.5.1 Introduction; 3.5.2 The nature of palaeosols; 3.5.3 Analysis of palaeosols; 3.5.4 Palaeosols and Quaternary environments; 3.6 Lake level records from low latitude regions; 3.6.1 Introduction; 3.6.2 'Pluvial' lake sediment sequences3.6.3 Lake level changes and Quaternary palaeoclimates3.7 Wind-blown sediments; 3.7.1 Introduction; 3.7.2 Loess stratigraphy; 3.7.3 Mid-latitude sand belts (coversands); 3.7.4 Low latitude 'sand seas'; 3.7.5 Wind-blown sediments and palaeoenvironmental reconstructions; 3.8 Cave sediments and carbonate deposits; 3.8.1 Introduction; 3.8.2 Detrital sediment in caves; 3.8.3 Speleothem; 3.8.4 Speleothem growth and environmental reconstruction; 3.8.5 Oxygen isotope ratios in cave speleothem; 3.8.6 Other carbonate deposits; 3.9 Lake, mire and bog sediments; 3.9.1 Introduction3.9.2 The nature of lake and bog sedimentsExamines the various forms of evidence used to establish the history and scale of environmenal changes during the Quaternary. The evidence is extremely diverse, ranging from landforms and sediments to fossil assemblages and isotope ratios, bringing the book fully up to date since its last publication.Geology, StratigraphicQuaternaryPaleogeographyGeomorphologyElectronic books.Geology, StratigraphicPaleogeography.Geomorphology.551.7/9Lowe J. J(Joseph John),1946-,181985Walker M. J. C(Michael James Cawthorne),1947-771892MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910464778603321Reconstructing Quaternary environments2226428UNINA